Animal Farm
Directed by	Joseph Stephenson
Produced by	Robert Halmi
Written by	George Orwell (novel) Alan Janes Martyn Burke (teleplay)
Starring	Kelsey Grammer Ian Holm Julia Louis-Dreyfus Patrick Stewart Julia Ormond Paul Scofield Pete Postlethwaite Peter Ustinov
Music by	Richard Harvey
Cinematography	Mike Brewster
Editing by	Colin Green
Distributed by	Hallmark Films
Release date(s)	October 3, 1999
Running time	80 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English
Budget	$23,000,000
IMDb profile

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Plot

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The plot basically follows that of the novel, except for a few differences (see below). For other uses, see Animal Farm (disambiguation). ...

Differences from the novel

• One of the biggest differences from the novel is the heightened role of Jessie, the dog.
• Clover, one of the main animals in the book, is only seen at brief moments in the film and never speaks.

though scene at brief moments in the film, has no lines. *The point of view is changed in the movie, by which much of the irony is lost from the book.

• In the novel, Old Major died of old age three days after giving his speech, but in the film he is accidentally shot by Jones minutes after finishing his speech.
• Instead of being buried in the orchard, Old Major's body is butchered by one of Mr. Jones' workmen. When the animals explore the farmhouse, Old Major's head is discovered wrapped in plastic in a cupboard.
• The songs have been replaced.
• The film adds a storyline about television and film being used as a distraction from what the pigs are really doing. This could be a reference to pro-Lenin propaganda and is similar to the novel's use of Moses the Raven as a parallel to religion being a distraction. As a result, Moses the Raven is a minor character.
• Old Major's skull being mounted on display is only briefly mentioned twice in the novel, but is seen throughout the film after the pig's death.
• The ending where Jessie escapes with many of the animals and returns to a post-Napoleon Animal Farm was not in the novel, but serves as a reference to post-Soviet Russia. In the novel, she, like many of the other animals, dies of old age and overwork.
• The novel's infamous twist ending is portrayed, but earlier in the film and without the pigs dressed as humans and on two legs (which does appear, only in the "Napoleon: Mighty Leader" propaganda film portraying Napoleon dressed in a suit and standing upright). Additionally, the pigs begin wearing hats and monocles much earlier in the film.
• In the novel, the windmill is damaged in construction and Napoleon blames this on Snowball. Later, there is a second battle where the windmill is destroyed with dynamite. In the film, the windmill is never damaged in construction. Mr. and Mrs. Jones sneak into the camp in their truck and blow up the windmill, accidentally destroying their vehicle in the process. When Napoleon discovers the destroyed windmill and the wrecked truck, he declares Snowball stole the vehicle and destroyed the windmill.
• Jones does not participate in the Battle of the Cowshed, which was proposed by Pilkington in the film.
• Mr. Frederick's role is reduced and he even expresses sympathy for the animals.
• In the film, the humans sneak a microphone into the barn in an attempt to understand how the animals are running the farm. Using this, they later learn that the animals can speak English and Pilkington decides to start trading with them.
• In the novel, Mr. Whymper begins trading with Napoleon, in the film it is Mr. Pilkington trading with him.
• The card game at the end of the novel never takes place.

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Cast

Kelsey Grammer...Snowball (voice)
Patrick Stewart...Napoleon (voice)
Ian Holm...Squealer (voice)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus...Mollie (voice)
Julia Ormond...Jessie (voice)
Pete Postlethwaite...Farmer Jones/Benjamin (voice)
Paul Scofield...Boxer (voice)
Peter Ustinov...Old Major (voice)
Alan Stanford...Pilkington Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Snowball is a fictional pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. ... This article is about the actor. ... Napoleon is a dick fictional character in George Orwells Animal Farm. ... Sir Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm CBE (born 12 September 1931), born as Ian Holm Cuthbert, is an English actor. ... Squealer is a fictional pig from George Orwells Animal Farm, primarily inspired by Joseph Stalins aide Vyacheslav Molotov. ... This article is about the American actress. ... Julia Ormond (born on 4 January 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British actress with many stage and screen credits to her name. ... Peter William Postlethwaite OBE (born February 7, 1945)[1] is an English actor. ... Pete Postlethwaite played Jones in the 1999 film adaption of Animal Farm. ... In George Orwells novel Animal Farm, Benjamin is a donkey that represents the aged population of Russia. ... David Paul Scofield, CH, CBE (born 21 January 1922) is a British actor who was born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England. ... Boxer is a fictional horse from George Orwells Animal Farm. ... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Old Major is the first major character described by Orwell in Animal Farm. ... Alan Stanford is an Irish actor and director // As a director Alan Stanford began his career at the Project Arts Centre where his productions included works by Shaw, Arbuzov, Graham Greene, Brecht, Dürrenmatt and Shakespeare. ... Mr. ...

External links

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